Database vs. Repository — What's the Difference?

In computing, a database is an organized collection of data stored and accessed electronically from a computer system. Where databases are more complex they are often developed using formal design and modeling techniques.

One who is entrusted with secrets or confidential information.

A collection of data arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval. Also called data bank.

A place where things may be put for safekeeping.

To put (data) into a database.

A warehouse.

(general) A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.

A museum.

(computing) A set of tables and other objects (queries, reports, forms) in the form of a structured data set.

A burial vault; a tomb.

A software program (application) for storing, retrieving and manipulating such a structured data set.

One that contains or is a store of something specified

A combination of such data sets and the programs for using them.

A location for storage, often for safety or preservation.

To enter data into a database.

(computing) a storage location for files, such as downloadable software packages, or files in a source control system.

An organized body of related information.

A burial vault.

An organized body of related information

(figurative) A person to whom a secret is entrusted.

(dated) A place where things are kept for sale; a shop.

A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository.

A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping

A person to whom a secret is entrusted

A burial vault (usually for some famous person)